Irish Museum of Time, near Carrigeen
The Irish Museum of Time is a museum of clocks and watches on Greyfriars Street, in a restored Gothic church in Waterford's Viking Triangle. Waterford Treasures, which runs it, describes it as Ireland's national horological museum and says its collection of Irish timepieces is the finest in the world.
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Opening hours
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday and bank holidays 11am to 5pm
Source: Waterford Treasures. Source read on .
- Kind
- Museums
- County
- County WaterfordThe county boundary encloses it, taken from the OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries. It is listed on this site under Carrigeen, which is the nearest settlement and is in County Kilkenny.
- Address
- Greyfriars
- From Carrigeen
- 7.5 km east, in a straight line
- Admission
- €10 for the museum on its own, or €23 for the Freedom of Waterford pass covering six Waterford Treasures attractions, which is €20.70 booked online. Under sixteens go free.Waterford Treasures, read on 2026-09-20
- Booking
- Individuals need not book. Groups are asked to book ahead.Waterford Treasures, read on 2026-09-20
- Access
- A disability lift, with mobile stools and wheelchairs at reception. Blue badge parking on Greyfriars Street and The Mall.Waterford Treasures, read on 2026-09-20
- Website
- waterfordtreasures.com/museum/the-museum-of-timeOfficial website, checked on 2026-09-20
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Getting to Irish Museum of Time
About these directions
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How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Irish Museum of Time is in Carrigeen, County Kilkenny. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.
The nearest scheduled stop is The Mall (352551), 100 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- The Mall 100 m
buses 360, W3, W2, 360A, W5 and 354Scheduled departures from this stop
- Lombard Street 160 m
buses 354 and 358Scheduled departures from this stop
- Parnell Street 300 m
buses 360, W1, W3, 360A, 40 and W5 among othersScheduled departures from this stop
- Arundel Square 300 m
bus W4Scheduled departures from this stop
- The Clock Tower 310 m
buses 360, 360A, W5, 354 and WI08Scheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Carrigeen covers the journeys into the town itself.
Events nearby
Not at Irish Museum of Time. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.
- 9 to 11 October 2026Free entryThe Lit FestivalWaterford
- 24 to 30 October 2026TicketedChildren’s Event: Waterford’s Weird and Wicked PastWaterford Treasures: Medieval Museum
- 26 to 30 October 2026TicketedChildren's Halloween WorkshopWaterford Treasures: Irish Wake Museum
- 27 to 30 October 2026TicketedCrime, Grime & Graveyards - Urban Underbelly Evening TourWaterford Treasures: Medieval Museum
What to see
- A William Clement clock made in London in 1663, which the museum describes as the earliest known example of the anchor escapement
- Seventeenth century onwards Irish-made grandfather clocks, table clocks and watches
- Turret clocks kept in working order
- A How it Works section built for children
As Waterford Treasures describes them, read on 2026-09-20. Nothing here is an account of a visit: this site has not been.
Other museums in Carrigeen
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/8890615633, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.
- Sources for the visitor information on this page. Waterford Treasures: The Irish Museum of Time, read 2026-09-20Waterford Treasures: Plan your visit, read 2026-09-20